Friday, October 26, 2012

Tutorial: Crafty Chica Sugar Skull Collage.

Hello my Sacred Artistas and lovers of all things Crafty. I was given the beautiful opportunity to play and create a tutorial for you utilizing the wonderful products by Kathy Murillo, aka "Crafty Chica". I was so excited, for I have been in need of a good challenge as well as a chance to play with some of her new products!

I was given a couple of sets of her colorful Iron on patches. This gave me a chance to create two separate tutorials, So this will be El Tutorial number 1.

Don't sew or have a sewing machine or Iron? No problem! Iron On's are not just for fabric! I wanted to create something outside the box, so I came up with this framed Collage. Using whatever I could dig up in my Studio.

Today, I will be showing you how to make this:

Of course you start off with one of these:

I used the larger piece, but hey, this pack comes with three in total! That is a possibility of three different projects. I love me some options!

I love getting a lot of bang for my buck, so I always challenge myself to use what I already have, and or try and find items on the cheap. Here are the rest of your supplies you will need for this project.

Oh, and if you want to dedicate your piece to someone, I used some plastic alphabet beads.

1st step is to remove the glass from your frame. You will not be needing it, however I did use it to trace my glittered background paper so that it fit perfectly in my frame.

After you cut it to size, use your glue stick and glue it to the backing of your frame. Once it is glued, center your Crafty Chica Iron On Patch and glue it with your sturdier glue. When it's nice and secure, place and secure inside your frame. (Trust me, you want to embellish after it is inside the frame. I had a couple of redo's due to me over embellishing, and it not fitting inside frame)

Here is what it should look like at this step:

Step 2: Now it is time to get busy. Pick one of your trims, I use a very small red trim, and glue it around the inside of your frame. (Like the pic below)

Step 3: Next I glued a piece of jewelry on the center top and I layered it with a resin flower I purchased at a bead store. After the glue was secure, I used my 2nd trim and glued it around the outer part of the frame. See pic below.

Step 4: I glued my skully beads to the tops of my paper butterflies, and then I glued them to each side of the Crafty Chica Sugar Skull Iron On Transfer.

I love the texture and three dimensional look this gave my collage.

Yeah, That is it! You are done. Of course you can go even further and embellish your heart out, but I just wanted to show you how easy it is to use just a couple of elements to make this standout piece. I absolutely love how this came out, and I love the fact that we finally have more options in our craft stores, than just the usual pirate skulls. (Yay)

While making this, I decided to dedicate it to my Abuelitas, who have passed on. I was blessed with two amazing grandmothers, and I miss them dearly. One was an amazing cook, and the other loved to sew and crochet. :-) Both were very inspiring ladies! I am so going to include this in my home altar. But I also think this would make a fabulous gift for someone you dig!

I hoped you enjoyed this tutorial. Please feel free to share and/or Pin.

Big Shout out to La Crafty Chica for keeping it crafty, sparkly and full of Vida!

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